Warships are a critical component of any military, but some ships were designed to intimidate through their sheer size. Here ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B Roberts.

While the US Navy is developing tiny torpedoes that might one day arm the Orca flotilla, mines are ready today. And laying those mines, each powerful enough to sink all but the largest Chinese ships, ...

(U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command) The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval engagement in ... enemy forces with torpedoes and 5-inch guns. Many acts of heroism followed, including ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the ...

A drawn-out international case of finders keepers is drawing to a close, and the stakes have never been higher.

For much of modern naval history, the role of a destroyer ... This objective was accomplished with a variety of guns, with the largest generally being five inches­—thus far smaller than the ...

China has commissioned a new-generation frigate as competition rises with the U.S. and other regional powers, saying the ship ...